Analyses of a composite 6.5-year record of Bahamas minus Miami sea level difference (SLD) and Florida-Bahamas volume transport determined from submarine cable voltages (CABLE) support the hypothesis advanced by Maul et al. (1990) that SLD is the better variable for monitoring volume transport than western side sea level alone. In the subseasonal frequency band BWl (393-1--182-1 cycles per day), modeled CABLE, when using SLD, accounts for 79% of the variance of observed CABLE. Further, the phase relationships of modeled CABLE with respect to SLD in BWl represent approximately a simple time shift in that SLD leads CABLE by a little more than 2 weeks. ¿American Geophysical Union 1991